Synonyms of svelte

svelte

adjective

1

as in skinny

having a noticeably small amount of body fat

the svelte dancer seemed to float across the stage

Synonyms & Similar Words

• skinny
• slender
• thin
• lean
• slim
• bony
• lithe
• gaunt
• angular
• fatless
• trim
• skeletal
• willowy
• boney
• haggard
• sylphlike
• spare
• wiry
• sinewy
• scrawny
• lanky
• rawboned
• anorexic
• rangy
• spindly
• clean-limbed
• reedy
• twiggy
• emaciated
• weedy
• waspish
• puny
• wizened
• stringy
• cadaverous
• scraggy
• meager
• lank
• anorectic
• pinched
• spindling
• meagre
• slight
• anoretic
• wasted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• chubby
• plump
• rotund
• corpulent
• fat
• portly
• obese
• overweight
• beefy
• tubby
• stocky
• bulky
• chunky
• thick
• fleshy
• gross
• heavyset
• pudgy
• burly
• stout
• thickset
• brawny
• weighty
• heavy
• husky
• dumpy
• stubby
• paunchy
• flabby
• squat
• buxom
• potbellied
• zaftig
• soft
• roly-poly
• full
• round
• hippy
• zoftig

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• chubby
• plump
• rotund
• corpulent
• fat
• portly
• obese
• overweight
• beefy
• tubby
• stocky
• bulky
• chunky
• thick
• fleshy
• gross
• heavyset
• pudgy
• burly
• stout
• thickset
• brawny
• weighty
• heavy
• husky
• dumpy
• stubby
• paunchy
• flabby
• squat
• buxom
• potbellied
• zaftig
• soft
• roly-poly
• full
• round
• hippy
• zoftig

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2

as in sophisticated

having or showing very polished and worldly manners

the interior designer spoke in a low, svelte voice

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sophisticated
• graceful
• suave
• smooth
• gracious
• civilized
• urbane
• polished
• debonair
• attractive
• serene
• slick
• experienced
• confident
• cavalier
• cosmopolitan
• smart
• cultured
• unctuous
• cultivated
• poised
• glib
• appealing
• amiable
• practiced
• composed
• refined
• placid
• metropolitan
• genteel
• well-bred
• seasoned
• unperturbed
• knowing
• tranquil
• calm
• collected
• metro
• worldly-wise
• undisturbed
• couth
• schooled
• secure
• assured
• self-assured
• self-possessed
• cool
• self-confident
• practised

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• clownish
• uncouth
• clumsy
• awkward
• ungraceful
• wooden
• loutish
• stiff
• green
• uncomfortable
• gauche
• boorish
• graceless
• churlish
• uneasy
• classless
• raw
• rustic
• stilted
• inexperienced
• inelegant
• puerile
• ungainly
• provincial
• callow
• unrefined
• unsophisticated
• gawky
• parochial
• rustical
• uncivilized
• stodgy
• uncultured
• unworldly
• rough-hewn
• diffident
• lubberly
• philistine
• insecure
• hick

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• clownish
• uncouth
• clumsy
• awkward
• ungraceful
• wooden
• loutish
• stiff
• green
• uncomfortable
• gauche
• boorish
• graceless
• churlish
• uneasy
• classless
• raw
• rustic
• stilted
• inexperienced
• inelegant
• puerile
• ungainly
• provincial
• callow
• unrefined
• unsophisticated
• gawky
• parochial
• rustical
• uncivilized
• stodgy
• uncultured
• unworldly
• rough-hewn
• diffident
• lubberly
• philistine
• insecure
• hick

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